Rooms for Rent in Vlaardingen

A room for rent in Vlaardingen averages about €674 a month, 8% below the Rotterdam room average of €735, according to the listings tracked by RentHunter. Rooms are a thin slice of this market: Vlaardingen has no university of its own, so most rooms are in shared houses and flats let to young workers and to students who ride the metro to Rotterdam or the train to Delft.

Picture the daily route: you leave a shared house in Westwijk, cycle to Vlaardingen West and ride metro line B into Rotterdam in about 20 minutes by public transit. To rent a room in Vlaardingen, set a search alert and reply on the first day, because the town adds few rooms at a time.

If you move with a partner, apartments in Vlaardingen are the next step up, and families look at houses in Vlaardingen.

Vlaardingen's three metro stops, Vlaardingen West, Vlaardingen Centrum and Vlaardingen Oost, are on line B, the former Hoekse Lijn railway. NS trains to Delft and Den Haag leave from Schiedam Centrum, the next town east on the same line.

Rotterdam is about 20 minutes from Vlaardingen by public transit (10 km), and line B runs through Schiedam to Beurs in the city centre without a change. A worker in central Rotterdam rides straight through, while a student at Erasmus University changes once in the centre for campus.

Den Haag is about 31 minutes away (22 km), with a change from the metro to the NS train at Schiedam Centrum. Delft, home of TU Delft, lies on the same train line, so a Vlaardingen room also works for Delft students who prefer a lower rent to a short ride.

Utrecht takes about 72 minutes by public transit, Amsterdam about 88 minutes and Eindhoven about 96 minutes. From a room in Vlaardingen these cities suit weekend trips or a hybrid job, not a daily commute.

Imagine two similar shared houses on metro line B, one in Vlaardingen and one in Rotterdam: the Vlaardingen room averages €674 a month, the Rotterdam room €735, a saving of about €61 a month. Against it, count the 20 minutes each way to Rotterdam and, for anyone without a student travel product, the metro fare.

Between the two on the same line, rooms in Schiedam cut a few stops off the ride, and furnished rooms in Schiedam suit a newcomer who arrives with a suitcase. Rooms in Rotterdam cost more but put you next to campus or the office.

Before you pay, check whether the rent includes service costs, energy, water and internet, because a room price without them does not compare with one that includes them. The deposit is capped at two months of base rent for leases signed since 1 July 2023, and a makelaar who works for the landlord may not charge you a fee.

• Centrum around the Markt and Oude Haven Rooms in older houses and above shops near the Markt, the Grote Kerk and the Oude Haven, the harbour of Vlaardingen's herring-fishing past. It suits renters who want cafés and the Vlaardingen Centrum metro stop on foot.
• Westwijk, green and close to Vlaardingen West A post-war district of wide streets and green strips west of the centre, close to Vlaardingen West metro station. It suits a commuter who wants a quiet street and a short bike ride to the metro.
• Holy, next to the Broekpolder A large residential district in the north, next to the Broekpolder recreation area with its walking and cycling routes. It suits renters who run or walk a dog and accept a bus or bike ride to the metro.
• Babberspolder, next to Vlaardingen Oost An eastern district of post-war apartment blocks near the Schiedam border, close to Vlaardingen Oost, the metro stop nearest to Rotterdam. It suits daily commuters who want the shortest ride the town offers.